Neither the total nor the core diameters of laser fibers correspond to the advertised laser fiber diameter, revealed a new study investigating lasers used for urological surgery. Furthermore, there are serious differences between manufacturers of fibers with a supposedly equal diameter. …read more Source: EurekAlert

A team from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, in Barcelona, has discovered that the protein Mitofusin 2 plays a crucial role in correctly measuring stress levels, and also makes sure the pathways of cell repair or cell death are effective. …read more Source: EurekAlert

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A New Jersey man accused of cheating at Mohegan Sun with marked cards told police he went to the eastern Connecticut casino to raise bond money for his anticipated arrest in Louisiana. Bruce Koloshi of Summit, N.J., also known as Jeffrey …

OXFORD, N.J. (AP) — State officials are euthanizing about 25,000 trout after a fatal disease was found in some fish at a hatchery in New Jersey. Officials say furunculosis was discovered in the lowermost portion of the concrete raceway system of the Pequest Trout Hatchery …

Removing nitrogen from the environment “the natural way” by creating a wetland is a long-term, nutrient-removal solution, more cost effective than upgrading a wastewater treatment plant, but it isn’t necessarily socially beneficial to offer landowners multiple payments for the environmental services that flow from such …

Employees who have a sense of unjustified entitlement are more likely to say that their bosses are abusive and mistreat them than their less entitlement-minded coworkers, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. …read more Source: EurekAlert

September 17, 2013 Robust Support in America, Especially among Democrats Survey Report As the United Nations opens its 68th General Assembly session, publics around the world continue to have a positive impression of the international organization. Clear majorities in 22 of the 39 countries surveyed …

In order to control a disease that has affected a section of the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife is euthanizing a small portion of its trout population and taking other steps to protect the overall …

Wall police have filed a charged against a fifth-grader who allegedly threatened to harm 40 people.Facebook WALL — Each of Wall’s seven schools will soon have unarmed guards outside them, according to a report on the local Patch website. The plan calls for two unarmed …

“I believe no one is going to question someone else’s lifeline.” — Assemblyman Charles Mainor Assemblyman Charles Mainor remembers feeling helpless. The Seeing Eye, the nation’s first guide dog school, had come to the Statehouse late last year with a message — and a blindfold. …